WWE Wellness Policy - 6 Wrestlers Badly Derailed (And 4 That Prevailed)
5. Derailed - William Regal
Brought down by a test failure in a run which nobody could have predicted, Regal was unequivocally the top heel on Raw when a mid-2008 60-day violation put a bullet in his top-line status for good.
His 'lights out' match cancellations and tyrannical decrees as a malevolent King of the Ring are fondly remembered, and it actually seemed likely he was being groomed at one final huge run for the very top prize.
The highlight of this run came during a Triple H/Randy Orton World Title Match on Raw, which he ended out of sheer spite during one of his world class meltdowns, screaming at the production truck to "take it off the bloody air". Prematurely ending the match for both the live crowd and the viewers at home was one of many innovative twists his character put on the tired heel GM role.
As his second failure though, 60 days was too long a time to rebuild that momentum. The suspension ultimately killed the angle dead, as he would be on the wrong end of a 'Loser Gets Fired' match with Mr Kennedy to write him of TV. His autumn return only yielded a midcard slot that he was just grateful to still be afforded.